These elements are available at a spatial resolution of 10 km for TAFB. The data have an initial temporal resolution of six (6) hours out to 144 hours or six (6) days. Plans are to eventually move toward a temporal resolution of 3 hours for all the marine centers contributing to the NDFD.

The grids are produced by forecasters through the AWIPS Graphical Forecast Editor (GFE) and should be available by 0330, 0930, 1530, and 2130 UTC each day.

With this implementation, forecasts for these elements are available from NDFD in the following standard methods:

Access Gridded Data

The NDFD oceanic domain covers the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic basins for the offices issuing offshore waters and high seas forecasts. The upper right lat, lon for this grid is: 79.99N, 10.71E. The lower left corner lies directly on an NCEP grid 204 point, which coincides with all other Pacific region NDFD grids. The lower left lat, lon for this grid is 30.42S, 129.91E.

Note: Areas of the NDFD oceanic domain that coincide with the NDFD CONUS domain are included in the CONUS grids as well. Use the NDFD technical page to find access to the CONUS GRIB2 files.

Comments & Feedback

The marine elements will remain experimental until the NWS assesses feedback and completes a technical analysis. At that time, the NWS will determine whether to move these experimental elements to operational status, discontinue them, or revise and extend the experimental feedback period.